Personal Data:

born on June 22, 1967 in Bratislava, Slovakia

Present Address:

Comenius University in Bratislava

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Mlynska dolina CH-1, Ilkovicova 6

842 15 Bratislava 4

Slovak Republic

Phone: +421-2-60296-232

Fax:     +421-2-902416167

E-mail: valent@fns.uniba.sk

Education:

1. •1985 – Secondary grammar school, Gymnazium L. Novomeskeho in Bratislava
   

2. •1990 – Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, special interdisciplinary program - physical chemistry/biochemistry, achieved the title RNDr. (~MSc)
   

3. •1995 – Graduate study at the Faculty of Natural Sciences Comenius University in physical chemistry, achieved the title CSc. (~PhD)
   

Professional Activities:

1. •1985-1987 – Supervising a club of young chemists
   

2. •1986-1987 – Co-organization of correspondence chemistry seminar for secondary schools
   

3. •1990 – Master thesis titled “Chaotic oscillations in completely inorganic uncatalyzed heterogeneous system of the BZ type” under supervising of Prof. Adamcikova
   

4. •1990-1992 – Graduate study at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
   

5. •1990-2000 – a member of the nonlinear dynamics group at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University under supervising of Prof. Treindl
   

6. •since 1990 – supervising Laboratory courses in physical chemistry
   

7. •1992-2002 – postdoc at the Chemical Institute of Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
   

8. •1995 – PhD thesis entitled “Nonlinear dynamic systems BrO3-–SCN- a BrO3-–NH3OH+” under supervising of Prof. Adamcikova
   

9. •1996, 2001, 2003 – visiting stays at the Institute of Chemical Engineering of Prague Institute of Chemical Technology (profs. Schreiber and Marek) – Nonlinear dynamic systems modelling
   

10. •since 2000 – Lecturing Biophysical Chemistry at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
    

11. •since 2000 – Cooperation with the Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics of Slovak Academy of Sciences (Drs. Zahradnik and Zahradnikova) in the area of calcium signaling in cardiac myocytes
    

12. •since 2002 – University teacher at the Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
    

13. •2003-2005 – Leading a project from VEGA (Scientific Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic) “Quantitative modeling of calcium signaling during excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac myocytes”
    

14. •since 2006 – Participating in the European Science Foundation (ESF) Research Networking Program “Functional Dynamics in Complex Chemical and Biological Systems”
    

15. •2009 – achieved the title docent (Associate Professor) at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
    

Research Interests:

1. •Experimental and theoretical study of nonlinear dynamic phenomena in chemistry and biology. Modeling of physiological processes; in particular, reaction-diffusion, electrodiffusion and stochastic phenomena related to calcium signaling in cardiac myocytes.
   

2. •Current projects I am involved in concern experimental study of uncatalyzed bromate oscillator with aniline and modeling cardiac excitation-contraction coupling and calcium sparks and waves in cardiac myocytes.
   

Awards:

1. •1984 – Bronze medal at the XVI. International Chemistry Olympiad in Frankfurt am Main
   

2. •1985 – Gold medal at the XVII. International Chemistry Olympiad in Bratislava
   

3. •1990 – The Rector Price for excellent results in the study
   

4. •1999-2000 – ‘excellent young scientist’ status at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
   

5. •1999, 2002, 2004 – Comenius University champion in tennis
   

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